June 11, 2012

OP-TECH has been awarded a landfill repair project from Al Tech Specialty Steel site in Watervilet, New York. The project will address several waste management areas and involve the installation of select fill and erosion/sedimentation control structures.

 

July 2, 2012

OP-TECH recently completed the first of two phases of an interior remediation project for a major automotive manufacturer in Syracuse, New York.  The scope of work includes selective demolition, excavation support, soil removal mechanical upgrades and waste management. The project is scheduled to be completed in August 2012.

 

June 11, 2012

OP-TECH has been awarded a landfill repair project from Al Tech Specialty Steel site in Watervilet, New York.  The project will address several waste management areas and involve the installation of select fill and erosion/sedimentation control structures.

 

April 19, 2012

OP-TECH recently completed a major decontamination project in Massena, New York.  The industrial cleaning project involved over 100 workers and was staffed around the clock for three months pursuant to the requirements of the project.

 

March 26, 2012

OP-TECH recently mobilized to the Orchard Whitney site in Rochester, New York to begin remedial measures associated with the former plating facility. This project will address arsenic contaminated soil and groundwater on this Brownfield site.

 

March 13, 2012

OP-TECH has been awarded a three-year rail car abatement and maintenance contract from a major transportation provider in the northeast. The scope of services includes monthly asbestos abatement and demolition of rail cars in New York’s southern tier.

 

February 17, 2012

OP-TECH has been awarded a significant MGP remediation project in Schenectady, New York from a major utility provider in the northeast. The project, which will begin in May of 2012 will include selective demolition, excavation support, coal tar impacted soil removal, groundwater treatment and site restoration.

 

December 15, 2011

OP-TECH recently completed the remediation of the Carriage Cleaners site in Rochester, New York. The challenging project included contaminated soil removal, excavation support, and the installation of a SVE system and a groundwater treatment system. Please see the following fact sheets for more details about the project.

New York State DEC Factsheet
OP-TECH Carriage Cleaners Project Summary

 

November 16, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a significant utility replacement and relining project at the Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland. The scope of work includes the lining of several structures related to the terminal’s storm water drainage system as well as associated mechanical work. Mobilization activities will begin in late November.

 

November 15, 2011

On 11/15/2011, OP-TECH reported total backlog of approximately $16mm. The projects include a variety of environmental remediation, industrial field services and civil mechanical projects that will be formed in the Midwest, Mid Atlantic and Northeast.

 

November 14, 2011

OP-TECH has recently been awarded a utility improvement/facility upgrade project for a major transportation client in the Northeast. The project involves the site grading, interior and exterior concrete work, fiberglass lift station installations, water hydrant installation, pump and piping installation within an existing catch basin, installation of new underground storm drains, electrical upgrades, and rehabilitation/modifications to an existing (oil) belt skimmer.

 

November 11, 2011

OP-TECH has been retained by a major utility provider in the northeast to perform an emergency decontamination project in Buffalo, New York. The work includes a full scale asbestos decontamination of several active office areas and involves the services of over 15 cross trained staff.

 

November 9, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a significant asbestos abatement and decontamination project at a redevelopment site in Syracuse, New York.

 

November 8, 2011

OP-TECH is currently performing a major task order for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at the Former American Axle site in Buffalo, New York. The work includes various decontamination tasks and waste chemical management tasks and is expected to continue well into the first quarter of 2012.

 

November 1, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a $1.3mm remedial construction contract from the NYSDEC for the former Diamond Cleaners site in Elmira, New York. The project, which is slated to begin in Q1 of 2012, includes utility demolition, sheeting, groundwater treatment and remediation of both hazardous and non hazardous levels of PCE contaminated soil.

 

September 12, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a sediment remediation project for a major client in New England. The project involves large scale dewatering, limited sediment removal via mechanical methods, and limited restoration. Field activities are scheduled to commence in November.

 

 

August 1, 2011

For the third straight year, OP-TECH has been ranked among the country’s Top 200 Environmental Firms by Engineering News Record (ENR). OP-TECH is pleased to be ranked #129 this year.

 

 

July 26, 2011

OP-TECH has recently been awarded $4.9 million in new project contracts.

The awarded contracts and projects are with a variety of private national consulting firms, national manufactures, utilities, and federal contractors. Project scopes are for a broad cross-section of services involving environmental decontamination, asbestos abatement, soil remediation, and mechanical rehabilitation projects.

 

June 28, 2011

TEAM BASED SAFETY PROGRAM
Starting in February 2011, OP-TECH began to implement the DuPont Safety Training Observation Program (STOP™) program. The STOP™ program is the most popular and successful self-implemented, behavior based safety training program used in general industry and construction. The objective of the program is to prevent workplace injuries. The program teaches employees workplace safety auditing skills for observing people while they work, with steps to reinforce safe work practices and correct unsafe acts and conditions. STOP™ is a top-down, job-focused interactive approach that helps employees think about safety, allowing it to become fully integrated into what they do every day. There are currently over 30 OP-TECH employees trained in the DuPont STOP™ program. These employees are conducting weekly observations and are having a positive impact on the safety culture. The goal is to complete the DuPont STOP™ training for all OP-TECH employees by the end of 2011.

Charles Morgan Chief Executive Officer commented:

“We are confident that full implementation of the STOP™ program will help us towards improving the safety culture at OP-TECH. Our focus is on reinforcing safe work practices and taking action to prevent the reoccurrence of unsafe actions. We believe that STOP™ will provide a path to safety excellence by making safe behavior and workplace conditions part of the everyday work culture.”

 

June 20, 2011

Michael McCall, CPA has been hired as Controller for OP-TECH Environmental Services Inc. McCall, of Syracuse, was formerly the Corporate Staff Accountant and Project Financial Analyst at SRCTec Inc. and Senior and Staff Audit Accountant for Dannible & McKee, LLP-CPAs. He is a 2005 graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College.

For over 20 years OP-TECH has been recognized as a leader in providing environmental, industrial and mechanical services in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.


Michael McCall, June 2011

 

June 1, 2011

OP-TECH has been named the Achiever of the Week by the Environmental Business Journal.

"This week we recognize remediation contractor OP-TECH (East Syracuse, NY), winner of a 2010 bronze medal in the mid-size firm category (annual revenue of $20 Million to $100 Million) for increasing revenue 22% to $48 million in 2010. OP-TECH has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 15% over the last eight years. Since 2002, when the company implemented a long-range strategic plan, OP-TECH has continually grown revenue from $12 million to $48 million and more than tripled employment from 83 to 250-plus employees in 12 branches in the northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. OP-TECH has completed over 19,160 separate projects for many of the Fortune 1,000 industrial companies and top 500 engineering firms. The company ranked at number 145 among Engineering New-Record’s (ENR) list of the Top 200 environmental firms for 2010."

 

May 27, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a groundwater treatment system modification project for a major industrial client in Detroit, Michigan. The project includes the installation of subsurface utilities, piping and mechanical modifications, electrical service installation and the retrofitting of existing infrastructure at a major groundwater treatment plant.

 

May 18, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a large lead decontamination and selective demolition project for a major client in southern New York State. The project will involve significant lead remediation as well as selective demolition and the management of lead impacted waste. The project is scheduled to begin in August 2011.

 

April 25, 2011

OP-TECH was awarded a significant soil remediation project from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in Rochester, New York. The project involves the remediation of a former gasoline service station and will target several thousand tons of petroleum impacted soil and well as a extensive groundwater treatment system. Site activities are scheduled to commence in May 2011.

 

April 5, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a contract for the remediation of the former Fonda Container Company by the Village of St. Albans, Vermont. The project will commence during early May and includes, asbestos and lead abatement, demolition, contaminated soil remediation and capping of existing contaminated materials.

 

April 5, 2011

OP-TECH filed Securities and Exchange Commission Annual Report-Form 10K on April 5, 2011. See OP-TECH’s investors page for link.

 

March 17, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a three year asbestos abatement service contract for a major University located in the Northeast and will begin selected projects during the month of April 2011.

 

March 14, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a significant decontamination and remediation project for a major client in Richmond, Virginia. Currently underway, the project involves large scale industrial cleaning, asbestos abatement, selective demolition and remediation of a former septic system.

 

March 8, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a safety achievement award from the New Jersey State Industrial Safety Committee for the prevention of work related injuries during 2010. OP-TECH will be attending the 83rd annual Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Awards Program dinner along with other recipients on May 4th 2011.

 

March 3, 2011

We are pleased to announce that OP-TECH received a national award from the Environmental Business Journal. The Environmental Business Journal recognizes firms for achievements in growth, sustainability and Mergers & Acquisitions.

We will be honored again this year at the Environmental Industry Summit IX in Coronado, California on March 9, 2011. OP-TECH received a Bronze Medal for Business Achievement for 2010. Previously OP-TECH received a Bronze Medal for Remediation Contracting for 2008 and OP-TECH also received a Silver Medal for Remediation Contracting for 2009.

We are very pleased that OP-TECH received this recognition. This award reinforces OP-TECH’s progress and achievement’s for the last 20 years in the Environmental Industry.

 

February 17, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a significant asbestos abatement project at the former General Motors facility in Massena, New York. Preparations are underway and OP-TECH is planning to mobilize to the site during the first week of March, 2011.

 

February 10, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a contract with the City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services for the fifth consecutive year. As a contract holder OP-TECH performs a variety of environmental services including tank removals, soil remediation, groundwater treatment, transportation and disposal and asbestos abatement.

 

February 4, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a remedial contract for the Carriage Cleaners site from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation valued at $446,000. The project includes the installation of a groundwater treatment system, sub slab depressurization system, modification of existing groundwater extraction wells, excavation support and source soil remediation. The project is scheduled to start in May, 2011.

 

January 26, 2011

OP-TECH has been awarded a utility repair project at the Dundalk marine shipping terminal in Baltimore, Maryland from a major engineering client. The project will involve the installation of subsurface support structures around existing utilities at the port of Baltimore and is scheduled to begin in March, 2011.

 

November 14, 2010

OP-TECH is currently performing a significant decontamination/remediation project in Terre Haute, IN for a major client. The scope of work includes industrial decontamination, selective demolition, PCB/arsenic contaminated soil and concrete removal, septic system abandonment and waste transportation and disposal.

 

November 12, 2010

OP-TECH today announced third-quarter revenue of $10.8 million and operating income of $510,000 with net income after taxes and diluted earnings per share of $558,000, and $0.02, respectively.

"We are very pleased with our results so far this year. Our third-quarter results clearly demonstrates our ability to execute and hit our business targets. Our 9 month project volume is up 51% from last year, and we a have a solid back log of work going forward. We are operating more efficiently and have been able to reduce operating expenses 13% from the year before," said Jon Verbeck, Chief Financial Officer of OP-TECH. "Our emphasis continues to be on improving gross margin and reducing operating expenses."

 

October 20, 2010

OP-TECH is currently performing a significant sediment remediation project at a former MGP site in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The project is designed to address coal tar contamination with the confines of the plant and within the Connecticut River raceway.

 

October 3, 2010

OP-TECH has mobilized to the Provan Ford Site Remediation project in Newburgh, New York. The project is valued at approximately $750,000 and involves excavation, transportation and disposal of approximately 7,500 tons of petroleum contaminated soil. OP-TECH has also mobilized, installed and is currently maintaining a portable groundwater treatment system.

 

September 2, 2010

OP-TECH is currently finishing a utility support/strained relief trench installation project for a major client at the Dundalk shipping terminal in Baltimore, MD. The project includes the installation of a subsurface barrier wall approximately 355 foot long by 16 feet deep consisting of a mixture of native soils including COPR, bentonite, powder and peat. The materials were mixed in a specific ratio to form a slurry and then pumped into an excavated trench. The trench was capped with a concrete slab and while the disturbed area was backfilled and restored.

 

August 17, 2010

For the second straight year, OP-TECH has been ranked among the country’s 200 Environmental Firms by Engineering News Record. OP-TECH’s jumped one position from 146 to 145 in 2010.

 

July 10, 2010

OP-TECH has been awarded a three year, $7M environmental services contract form a major utility provider in the Northeast. The work included in the service contract includes environmental and logistical support services at various locations in the Northeast.

 

June 15, 2010

Environmental Business Journal selects OP-TECH as the “Achiever of the Week” in its June 09, 2010 newsletter. Kudos this week to OP-TECH (Syracuse, NY), winner of a 2009 silver medal in the remediation company category for achieving a compoind annual growth rate of 12.4% over the last seven years. Since 2002, when OP-TECH implemented a long-range strategic plan, the company has continually grown revenue from $12 million to $36 million dollars in revenues and more than tripled employment from 83 to 250-plus employees in 12 branches in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. Through 2009, OP-TECH had completed over 18,000 separate projects for many of the Fortune 1000 industrial companies and top 500 engineering firms. In 2009, OP-TECH continued expansion of its sediment remediation construction services, mechanical construction, and LEED construction activities, and it was awarded the largest sediment remediation project in the history of the company. The firm added new geographies with the opening of locations in Baltimore, Raleigh, and Suffolk, Virginia.

 

May 17th, 2010

OP-TECH has mobilized for a significant sediment remediation project in Syracuse, New York. The project’s components include bypass pumping of an 5 million GPD, active stream for six months, excavation of over 12,000 CY of contaminated sediment, the installation of over 2,600 linear feet of RFP groundwater collection trench piping and associated structures, two force main pump stations including 4200 linear feet of piping and 2 acres of a 60 mil LLDPE liner system.

 

May 15, 2010

OP-TECH’s remedial work at the Bayonne Crossing site in Bayonne, New Jersey will be featured in the May 28th issue of the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal. This innovative project involves remediation of chromium contaminated soil and NAPL impacted material as well as the installation of 700 lf of sheet pile, barrier wall.

 

May 5, 2010

A team consisting of Kemron Environmental and OP-TECH has been awarded an EPA Region 2 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contract which carries a contract ceiling of approximately $120M.

 

May 5, 2010

OP-TECH has been awarded a tank removal and replacement project from the New York Power Authority valued at approximately $450,000.

 

April 24, 2010

OP-TECH recently completed a significant soil remediation project in Utica, New York. The project involved the completion of a subsurface investigation as well as the characterization and remediation of over 60,000 tons of petroleum impacted soil. Approximately 13,000 tons was placed into temporarily stockpiles for onsite exsitu bioremediation. This remedial project also included the design and construction of an onsite groundwater pump and treatment system used to treat over 400,000 gallons contaminated groundwater encountered within the excavation.

 

March 21, 2010

OP-TECH has been awarded an aviation fuel system installation project at the Griffiss Air Force Base valued at $755,000.

 

March 18, 2010

OP-TECH has been awarded a decontamination and demolition project valued at $460,000 from a major industrial client on Long Island, New York.

 

March 4, 2010

OP-TECH was recently awarded a $2.1M soil remediation project from the Township of Lawrence, New Jersey that involves the excavation and offsite disposal of approximately 95,000 tons of contaminated soil.

 

February 28, 2010

OP-TECH recently mobilized to Lake Hartwell, Georgia to perform a large lead abatement and painting project on a gantry crane for the US Army Corps of Engineers.

 

November 2, 2009

OP-TECH has successfully been awarded $20.3 million in backlog project work for 2010.

 

October 26, 2009

OP-TECH has successfully been awarded the following significant projects:

 

NYSDEC Spaulding Composites – Remediation, excavation, and disposal of contaminated waste streams at a former manufacturing facility. Waste streams include non-hazardous soil, benzene hazardous soil, PCB hazardous soil, an asbestos landfill, and a resin drum landfill. We are currently mobilizing and installing up site services. Excavation of contaminated soil is scheduled to begin the week of November 2, 2009

NYS Thruway Authority Malden Service Center – Project consists of the excavation of 10,000 tons of contaminated soil, removal and treatment of contaminated groundwater, backfilling, re-installation of existing fueling station, paving, and miscellaneous site restoration. The project started on September 14th and has an estimated completion date of November 27th.

 

Monroe County Pure Waters - Demolition and Restoration: Project includes the abatement of asbestos at six (6) locations, demolition of structures at four of the six locations and a variety of site improvements to the demolition sites. The project started on September 14, 2009 and the completion date is scheduled for December 2009. The asbestos abatement was completed at the six locations in September 2009. The demolition of the three of the four structures is nearing completion and the fourth site will be demolished by November 16, 2009.

 

The site improvements include: shotcrete reinforcement of a structural wall, poured concrete return walls, poured concrete slabs, erection of a small block vestibule, installation of security and traffic fencing, creation of a small parking lot with lighting and the restoration with top soil and seed.

 

October 15, 2009

The Environmental Business Journal has awarded OP-TECH!

EBJ Business Achiever of the Week: OP-TECH

Hats off this week to OP-TECH (Syracuse, NY), a provider of environmental and industrial services and winner of a 2008 bronze medal for growing revenue from $12 million in 2002, when it launched a long-range strategic plan, to $35 million in 2008. During that period, OP-TECH's staff increased from 83 to 186 employees in 11 branch offices in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic states. The strategic plan underlying this growth focused on boosting the company's core business; developing organically; expanding geographically; delivering high-quality services; driving innovation in its service offerings, processes, and systems; and engaging in aggressive training and development of staff at all levels of the company.

 

August 15, 2009

OP-TECH is pleased to announce that from June 1, 2009 through August 14, 2009 we have been awarded $15.8 Million worth of work across the North East Region.

 

August 3, 2009

OP-TECH is pleased to announce that we have been ranked #146 in the national publication called ENR (Engineering News-Record) TOP 200 Environmental Firms!! This is great recognition, for a great company!! This achievement is clearly a result of all of your efforts and management efforts with your staff and clients. We should all be very proud of the fact we are moving OP-TECH in the right direction's and building a successful and valuable company----Thank you for all of your efforts, let's finish 2009 on a high note and move up in the rankings for 2010----Charlie

 

May 14, 2009

OP-TECH today announced first-quarter revenue of $5.7 million and an operating loss of $464 thousand with a net loss after taxes and diluted earnings per share of $393 thousand, and ($0.032), respectively.
"Our first -quarter results are well below our business plan," said Jon Verbeck, Chief Financial Officer of OP-TECH. "The soft economy has impacted our project volume and deteriorated our gross margin. We do have more projects than ever scheduled for Q2 and Q3, and we expect to offset our Q1 results as we move through the rest of the year."

 

March 20, 2009

OP-TECH today announced year-end revenue of $36.635 million and operating income of $1.074 million with net income after taxes and diluted earnings per share of $655 thousand, and $0.05, respectively.
"We are very excited about our year end results in these uncertain times," said Jon Verbeck, Chief Financial Officer of OP-TECH. "The entire Company worked extremely hard this year to bring in these results; we couldn't be more pleased."